A certain man with no shoes was riding on a bus in Canada, so a Muslim took off his shoes, gave them to the shoeless man and disappeared<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s worth remembering that Jesus deliberately made Samaritans\u2013ancestral enemies of the Jews\u2013the hero of his parable in order to point out that all it takes to be a neighbor is to act like one. Such small acts of charity are what save the whole world by the grace of Christ.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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